LA Knight enters his match against Seth Rollins at less than 100%, similar to their encounter at Money in the Bank. Rollins' empire laid waste to Knight on WWE SmackDown, putting

This week’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown opened with Solo Sikoa and The MFTs getting into a car crash, with Tama Tonga bloodied in the incident. The police were called and quickly pegged Jacob Fatu as a suspect in the incident.

It was a good idea on paper to have Jacob Fatu beat The Miz to tune up for SummerSlam’s steel cage war with Solo Sikoa, but the match fell flat. SmackDown was in Cleveland, and Miz’s pre-match promo played out more like he was a spirited babyface returning to avenge an injury. He even slapped Fatu to big cheers from the Ohio masses. It was weird.

Follow along with this week’s episode, featuring Cody Rhodes talking John Cena match, a tribute to Hulk Hogan, and more!

The Chadster reviews WWE SmackDown, including a flawless if weirdly-timed tribute to Hulk Hogan and the creative team's perfectly scripted matches!

WWE formally unveiled both Night 1 and Night 2 of the SummerSlam 2025 card — but only after adding one more match to the overall lineup.